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[Space] Ideas for ship creation
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Nuke Feb 22 2009, 02:27 AM Post #41
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Something unique to my race, but something absent from the Weapons list, are Gravitic Hooks. Basically, I want to be able to include a component that allows my larger FTL capable ships to "tow" non-FTL capable ships of escort or destroyer size, thus allowing me to build significant fireplatforms that are otherwise incapable of FTL.

This seems like a neat idea, and I think it should be included as a type of Strike Craft or Weapon, as it basically allows a ship to 'drag' a smaller ship into FTL and out of it.

Thoughts?
Interesting idea. Are there any other Tau weapons (hell, any weapons in general) that we could also add to the chart?
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Railguns could be added to the list

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Britannia Feb 25 2009, 11:30 AM Post #43
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I've been using Magnetic Accelerators and Meson Guns in place of Railguns, since they are essentially the same sort of thing. If you want a WMD Railgun, just use Mass Drivers.

There isnt a whole lot of difference between a Magnetic Accelerator and a Railgun.
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The Dragon Feb 25 2009, 12:42 PM Post #44
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actually a menson is very different, it creats disruptions in space rather than firing projectiles. (one of the only weapons I know that a ships configuration is a factor on hits or not (a sphere is easier to hit than say a needle or dispersed.)
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A railgun is a magnetic accelerator, and technically any magnetic accelerator can be a mass driver. But not all magnetic accelerators or mass drivers are railguns. The main alternative to a railgun is a coilgun. But you could call these whatever you like. Gauss guns, MACs, whichever.

Very technically a particle beam weapon is a magnetic accelerator too, with just very small (atomic or sub atomic particle sized) masses and very high speeds. Mesons are a type of subatomic particle, which is why Traveller (I think) uses meson cannons. I don't know what a "menson" is however and suspect it's a particle of handwavium.
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Yeah, as a physicist I just assumed the "menson" was a misspelling of meson. A meson gun would thus be a particle accelerator. A coilgun also only differs from a railgun in that a coilgun is a solenoid.
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How about weapons designed specifically for orbital bombardment?
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How about weapons designed specifically for orbital bombardment?
Magnetic Accelerator Cannons, Kinetic Turrets, Particle Accelerators (what do you think cosmic radiation is?), Missiles (especially nuclear) would all be very destructive as orbital bombardment weapons.
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and lets not forget the use of the gravity well with towed asteroids and such :o
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Ill be sure to update my fleet schematics, roster and loadouts shortly. These changes are critical to my fleet in particular, given its reliance on gunships, dropships and troop actions.

Thank you for these changes. I shall be sure to comment on them after Ive made the necessary edits.
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